Motorola Droid Bionic

Phone Scoop Review

Sep 9, 2011 by Eric M. ZemanMotorola and Verizon Wireless have finally brought the LTE-packing Droid Bionic to market after a prolonged nine-month delay. Was the wait for Motorola's first LTE 4G smartphone worth it? Phone Scoop tells you in this full review. read review ›

Great phone but not perfect

-Great Battery life for a 4G LTE device-Great Signal and Call Quality-Very fast. This phone is smooth-Pretty light and thin-Great build quality

Cons:

-Camera Software needs to be updated.-Speakerphone is a little low but not a big issue.-Expensive. Look for better deals if you can-Too much unwanted apps

Bottom line:

Still a great phone but yes it's not perfect. People have issues with the display but it's not that bad. I think people over exaggerate but I do agree that SAMOLED is a better display. If you are a VZW customer this is a great choice for you if you have been waiting on a 4G device. You can wait a little longer but if you choose this device, I'm sure you'll be happy.

Was hoping for better

I have the habit of switching phones every 4-6 months and have had some experience with android phones on Verizon. I started with the Droid, then to the incredible, then to the X. My X was rooted, over-clocked and very customized and I have been waiting for a better phone to take its place. I've looked at all of Verizon's offerings because I like using fresh phones, but I haven't found any with enough of an improvement to change out my phone. I first heard about the Bionic in a report from CES 2011 and have been awaiting its release impatiently. I really want to love this phone after waiting for it so long!

I picked up my phone on its release date and here are my initial opinions after 5 days of using it:

PROS:*This phone is very responsive.*4G is blazing. (Averaging about 11 down and 5 up in Orange County, CA)*1080 video seems better than the 720 it is replacing.*Call quality very good and speaker phone doesn't disappoint.*Dial pad quite nice.*Touch sensitivity seems a little improved.

NEUTRAL:*Battery life is alright.*Size and weight are a little more substantial than the X.*Feels a little more slippery in my hand than the X (I don't like using phone covers/cases)*Shutter lag seems comparable to the droid X.

CONS:*The 960x540 pentile display feels very grainy compared to my same size 854x480 that it is replacing.*No dedicated camera button.*The 4 keys on the bottom are soft keys that are probe to lag or acting up when the display acts up; plus if the lock key ever breaks, there is now way to look at your anything on your phone.*5 home screens as opposed to 7....My home screens are completely full, common Moto!*Flash/Flashlight is brighter.*Front facing camera (though I have yet to test it with Skype)*Can not set alarm sound to grow in volume.*Does seem to restart itself about once a day or so, hopefully rectified with software updates.

Droid Bionic - One big limitation

I have spent some time testing the Droid Bionic and think 95% of the features including call quality, reception hardware, applications are excellent.

Motorola was not thinking when the used a HALF-DUPLEX speakerphone on this device which severely limits the use of this device for Business conference calls as half-duplex is not acceptable during a call with multiple attendees.

Notn as good a samsung charge

good looking phone, I had the motorolla dorid 1 and I though it will be better, my bionic keep freezomg up when switching to 4g, Ithe screen gave me a heache, This is basicly the droid x2 but 4g. Nothing really new. =/